The House Committee on Business & Industry 
         78th Legislature 
         August 26, 2004 
         8:30 a.m. 
         Capitol Extension, E1.036 
          
         Pursuant to a notice posted on August 17, 2004, the House  
         Committee on Business & Industry met in a public hearing and was  
         called to order by the chair, Representative Giddings, at 8:45  
         a.m.  This being a Joint Hearing with the Senate Select  
         Committee on Workers' Compensation, the Senate Select Committee  
         was called to order previously by its chair, Senator Staples, at  
         8:44 a.m. 
          
         The roll was answered as follows: 
          
         Present:  Representatives Giddings; Elkins; Solomons; Zedler  
                   (4). 
          
         Absent:   Representatives Kolkhorst; Bohac; Martinez Fischer;  
                   Moreno, Joe E.; Oliveira (5). 
          
         Testimony was taken.  (See attached witness list.) 
          
         (Representative Martinez Fischer now present.) 
          
         (Representative Bohac now present.) 
          
         (Representative Kolkhorst now present.) 
          
         (Representative Oliveira now present.) 
          
         (Representative Elkins in chair.) 
          
         At 2:24 p.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection,  
         the Senate Select Committee was recessed.  At 2:24 p.m., on the  
         motion of Representative Elkins and without objection, the House  
         meeting was adjourned, subject to the call of the chair. 
          
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         Rep. Giddings, Chair 
          
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         June Parr, Clerk